PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Captain Gonza (ranked 158 p4p, 14 weight class) and Arjan Bhullar (ranked 520 p4p, 54 weight class). Gonza comes to the cage accompanied by Mononoke Hime. Bhullar has chosen Lords of the Underground - Chief Rocka as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Gonza
vs
Bhullar

192 cm
24
231 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
265 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Captain Gonza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arjan Bhullar!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonza misses the shot to the body.
Gonza lands a nice hook to Bhullar's body. Bhullar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gonza avoids the body shot from Bhullar.

Bhullar moves into the clinch.
Gonza blocking some punches.
Gonza misses with a body punch.
Bhullar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonza scores with a shot to the side of Bhullar's head.
Gonza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bhullar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gonza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonza is trying to maintain a safe position but Bhullar gets an underhook and turns Gonza into the cage.
Gonza trying to stall but Bhullar improves his position.
Bhullar swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonza uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bhullar backwards.
Gonza throws a punch but it's blocked by Bhullar.
Gonza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bhullar swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bhullar fails to land.
Bhullar misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Bhullar.
Gonza is trying to maintain a safe position but Bhullar gets an underhook and turns Gonza into the cage.
Gonza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bhullar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bhullar.
Gonza tries to stall but Bhullar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bhullar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonza misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Gonza.
Gonza looking to slow down the pace here.
Bhullar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bhullar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bhullar tries a body shot but Gonza blocks it.
Gonza struggles to land a body shot inside as Bhullar controls his hands.
Bhullar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonza throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bhullars head.
Bhullar scores with a shot to the side of Gonza's head.
Bhullar lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Bhullar.
Gonza blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonza lands a body shot.
Gonza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Bhullar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Gonza fails to land.
Gonza working aggressively here.
Bhullar tries to throw a body punch but Gonza avoids it by throwing Bhullar back against the cage.
Gonza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gonza misses with a punch to the body.
Bhullar misses with the head strike.
Gonza swings wildly with an uppercut but Bhullar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gonza misses with a body punch.
Bhullar blocks a body shot from Gonza.

Bhullar has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gonza is trying to keep an underhook but Bhullar manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Gonza taking some punishment here, with Bhullar in his half guard.
Gonza is looking for a sweep. Bhullar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gonza trying to control from the bottom.
Bhullar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gonza trying to hold on to Bhullar's head to control him but Bhullar postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bhullar drops an elbow to the side of Gonza's head.
Gonza trying to hold on to Bhullar's head to control him but Bhullar postures up.
Bhullar lands with a punch from half guard.
Bhullar is trying to control the action in half guard but Gonza is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bhullar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gonza is doing well to control the position and prevent Bhullar from advancing to side control.
Bhullar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gonza is trying to stand up here but Bhullar is controlling him well.
Bhullar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gonza has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bhullar is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar passes into side control, despite Gonza's attempt to control the position.
Bhullar working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Gonza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bhullar landing strikes.
Gonza tries to improve position but can't.
Bhullar in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gonza is trying to control Bhullar's posture but Bhullar avoids it.
Gonza is trying to get back to half guard.
Gonza is trying to control Bhullar's posture but Bhullar avoids it.
Gonza takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bhullar lands some shots froms side control.
Gonza is trying to control Bhullar's posture but Bhullar avoids it.
Bhullar tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arjan Bhullar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gonza looks to throw the jab but Bhullar is out of range.
Gonza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Arjan Bhullar has been cut.
Bhullar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gonza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bhullar.
Gonza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bhullar at a distance.
Gonza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bhullar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gonza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gonza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bhullar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bhullar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gonza.
Gonza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonza connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Gonza misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Bhullar misses.
Bhullar cracks Gonza with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bhullar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonza cracks Bhullar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Captain Gonza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonza connects with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Gonza misses its intended target.
A big left from Gonza misses.
Gonza ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bhullar throws a big shot that misses.
Gonza takes a swing at Bhullar's ribcage but misses.

Bhullar clinches up against the cage.
Bhullar has a couple of punches blocked by Gonza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gonza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bhullar lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bhullar.
Bhullar struggles to land a body shot inside as Gonza controls his hands.
Bhullar tries a body shot but Gonza blocks it.
Gonza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bhullar can't find room to land a body shot as Gonza controls the action.
Bhullar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bhullar tries to throw a body punch but Gonza avoids it by throwing Bhullar back against the cage.
Bhullar misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonza tries a body shot but Bhullar blocks it.
Bhullar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bhullar's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gonza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bhullar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gonza seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bhullar can turn it around.

Bhullar tightens his grip and picks Gonza up, before dumping him to the ground. Gonza manages to land in guard.
Bhullar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gonza looking to control.
Gonza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bhullar is one step ahead there.
Bhullar postures up and lands a big shot to Gonza's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar works over Gonza with some ground and pound from guard.
Bhullar lands a couple of digs.
Bhullar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bhullar preventing the sweep.
Bhullar postures up.
Arjan Bhullar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bhullar slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gonza is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gonza is controlling Bhullar's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bhullar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bhullar is in close to Gonza's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bhullar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gonza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gonza looking for a sweep. Not yet Gonza, not yet.
Gonza will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bhullar scoring with some ground and pound.
Gonza has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bhullar postures up and lands a big shot to Gonza's brow.
Bhullar looking to pass the guard.
Gonza is controlling Bhullar's posture.
Bhullar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gonza trying to keep a closed guard but Bhullar is proving a slippery customer.
Bhullar chips away with some ground and pound.
Gonza is trying to keep Bhullar in close.
Bhullar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bhullar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Gonza is rocked!
Bhullar loads up on a big left hand. Gonza felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Bhullar looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Gonza can't hide his disappointment, as Bhullar celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arjan Bhullar!
Arjan Bhullar is the new heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Arjan Bhullar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.